List of foliage plant diseases (Gesneriaceae)

This is a list of diseases of foliage plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.

## Plant Species[edit]

Plant species

Code | Scientifice Name | Common Name
A  | Aeschynanthus pulcher | lipstick vine
Sa  | Saintpaulia ionantha | African violet
Si  | Sinningia spp. | gloxinia

## Bacterial diseases[edit]

Bacterial diseases

Common name | Scientific name | Plants affected
Bacterial leaf spot  | Pseudomonas spp.  | Si
Erwinia blight  | Erwinia chrysanthemi | Sa

## Fungal diseases[edit]

Fungal diseases

Common name | Scientific name | Plants affected
Corynespora leaf spot  | Corynespora cassiicola | A, Sa
Gray mold  | Botrytis cinerea | A, Sa, Si
Myrothecium leaf spot  | Myrothecium roridum | A, Si
Phytophthora stem rot  | Phytophthora nicotianae var. parasitica

= Phytophthora parasitica
= Phytophthora nicotianae

| A, Sa, Si
Powdery mildew  | Oidium spp.  | Sa

## Viral diseases[edit]

Viral diseases

Common name | Scientific name | Plants affected
Mosaic  | Tobacco mosaic virus | Si
Rings  |  | Si
Ringspot  | Tomato ringspot virus | Si
Spotted wilt  | Tomato spotted wilt virus | Sa,Si

## Nematodes, parasitic[edit]

Nematodes, parasitic

Common name | Scientific name | Plants affected
Foliar  | Aphelenchoides spp.  | Sa, Si

## References[edit]

* Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society